POPULATION: 19,135
HOUSES: 5,671
- The town begins what would become a grueling 7-year fight against the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) plan to use a South Walpole location for disposal of waste bi-product material from the massive Boston Harbor cleanup project. The proposed site would become colloquially referred to as the Sludge Dump.
- In parallel, the town also begins to muster opposition to a newly proposed 85 Megawatt Boston Edison power station on South Street
- The town acquires Turner's Pond (Elm Street / Route 27) and surrounding land with skating lodge
- The declining school population reaches a generational low of 2,777 students, nearly half the peak student population of 5,073 in 1973.
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| Skating lodge at newly acquired Turner's Pond |
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